Library Facilities at SIMATS

Our library is fully automated using two library management softwares to provide intranet and internet access to library resources spanning across 5 libraries in 2 campuses. The automation process was started in 2015 and by the end of 2017 our libraries were fully automated. Saveetha Institute of Medical and Technical Sciences has installed seven major libraries viz, Engineering Library, Medical Library, Health Sciences Library, Dental Library and SAIL Central Library, Law and Management libraries across the colleges affiliated to it. These libraries house a large collection of books totaling 81229 books till date out of which 21323 books were acquired during the period 2015-21.

SAIL Central Library

SAIL stands for Saveetha Academic Infotech Library which was inaugurated in the year 2020. It is an high-tech library facility housing around 20000 books in a thematic atmosphere to engage and promote the habit of reading amongst graduate students. A digital library facility with 200 computers with high speed internet connectivity is installed to facilitate students to access online e-resources.

Dental Library

The Dental Library is installed in the Saveetha Dental College campus to provide a cozy and relaxed reading space for student and faculty members. It houses 7416 physical books purchased during the year 2016-21. This library is governed by the Librarika ILM system which also provides access to a large repository of external libraries.

Saveetha Learning Resource Center (SLRC)

SLRC is the central library for all engineering fields, it is located at Saveetha School Engineering building. This library contains an extensive collection of 34000 books pertaining to every stream of engineering ranging from mechanical engineering to biomedical engineering. The library houses not only textbooks but also a good collection of imported reference books written by subject experts from around the globe. The e-resources present in this library can be accessed through 40 computer systems with high speed internet connection.

Medical Library

The medical library is situated at the ground floor of the allied health sciences building. This library provides a selection of 21000 books with focus on medical and health sciences. There are separate spaces for student's own book reading and library book reading to facilitate group discussions and learning.

Access to Medical Databases

Apart from the commonly accessed databases such as NCBI, PubMed and PDB, links to specific classes of databases are provided to the student. These openly accessible databases are used to retrieve very specific information required for student and faculty research.

Access to Ancient Indian Texts

SIMATS has active subscription/ access to the following ancient texts.

  • GRETIL - Göttingen Register of Electronic Texts in Indian Language: Cumulative searchable resources of Sanskrit, Pali, Prakrit, NIA, Dravidian, Javanese and Tibetan language are downloaded into our local computer systems to enable easy access to students and faculty.

  • Mathematics and Mathematical Astronomy corpus : Digital copies of the Sanskrit texts with English translations of the following ancient books are locally available for access by student and faculty members.

  • E-Library of Indian books on ancient system of Medicine: Digitised copies of ancient Indian books on systems of medicine in multiple Indian languages are downloaded and made available for the reference of the library users.

  • Granth Sanjeevani: Grant Sanjeevani is a repository of ancient and medieval resources such as digitised copies of books, newspapers, manuscripts, government publications, maps and journals. It houses a large collection of over 118300 items maintained by The Asiatic Society of Mumbai. Access and reference to this database is given to students and faculty members.

  • Asi Books: Access is provided to the repository of digitised books provided by the Indira Gandhi National Centre for the Arts, Ministry of Culture, Government of India. Rare Books Society of India. This government initiative houses a repository of resources such as artefacts, articles, rare books, rare manuscripts, photographs, sculptures and videos of medieval and ancient India. Access to this repository is provided for students and faculty for reference.

 

 Integrated Library Management System (ILMS)

Autolib Software System

Autolib Software System (Version 5.0), an integrated library automation and management software. The automation system is fully integrated with the Multi-user LAN module and WEB OPAC module and is accessible throughout our campus. The SQL module enables access to our library resources through campus intranet.  Autolib is a versatile tool and is used to record and report daily library activities. 

Librarika ILS 

Librarika is an integrated Library Management System with built-in OPAC access to all the libraries registered in it. The system allows us to share our resources and catalogs to be shared not only within our colleges but also across other institutions. Since Librarika has an online browser based interface, it is used to manage data across our libraries located in different locations without having the need of installing or providing additional hardware resources. 

Network and Access

The library resources can be searched and accessed through the OPAC LAN and WEB module added to Autolib and Librarika management systems all over our campus intranet. We have a total of 2000 plus computer systems to enable the students to access online contents and e-resources. 

Our campuses are connected with the high speed internet through Vodapone and Pulse India private limited with 1.5 Gb/s bandwidth speed. The entire campus is wifi enabled with wireless internet through 300+ access points with unlimited usage access. 

We are a part of NDLI (National Digital Library of India) through which our students access metadata and full text resources from several national and international digital libraries. 

Our institution is also connected to NKN (National Knowledge Network) developed by the government of India through which we are connected to universities, research institutions, libraries, laboratories, healthcare and agricultural institutions across the country through a multi-gigabit capable network. 

Our vast remote access subscription includes 4590 Journals through PROQUEST, 192 IEEE journals subscribed through EBSCO International Inc.,125 Journals through BMJ, 38 Civil Engineering Journals in The American Society of Civil Engineering and 25 Mechanical Engineering Journals in The American Society of Mechanical Engineering. 

Back Volume of Project Reports and Doctoral Thesis

Our library holds back volumes of UG and PG final year student project reports for future reference. The final thesis copy of all the Doctoral Degrees awarded from 2015 are available in Shodhganga Indian thesis repository and also as bound copies for the use of current scholars and students. New doctoral thesis submitted to the library is displayed for a period of 10 days ahead of final defence.